Denver marijuana dispensary’s licenses revoked after links to interstate drug case, code violations uncovered

OG article by John Aguilar and Katie Langford

January 26, 2026

Denver revoked four business licenses for Blazin OG's retail, medical dispensary, and grow facilities on January 8, 2026, citing repeated code violations and links to an interstate drug case. Inspectors discovered 2,606 untagged cannabis plants in flower rooms (tags loose in soil, violating tracking rules to prevent diversion). Additional breaches included missing required signage in restricted areas (grow rooms, money storage, registers) and retaining only one day of security footage instead of 30, with suspicious erasure and an 11-minute timestamp discrepancy despite prior state warnings. The probe followed the March 2025 arrest of compliance manager Eileen Steimer (wife of owner Marc Steimer) in Nebraska with 31 pounds of marijuana en route to Michigan; she pleaded no contest to felonies and paid a $10,000 fine. Blazin OG skipped an October show-cause hearing, claiming inactivity and license sale efforts, but officials ruled compliance obligations persist regardless of operations. Spokesman Eric Escudero stressed businesses cannot devolve into unlawful grows. The revocations underscore enforcement of tracking, surveillance, and signage rules in Denver's regulated marijuana market.